Dr. Reichler's Spring 2006 Bio 325 Bonus #2

This assignment is optional and can be worth a maximum of 2 points added to your final grade.

Attend one of the seminars listed below. If Julia and/or Stuart is at the seminar, you must give them your name. For credit you must be present at the beginning of the seminar, and stay until the end. Write a one-page summary about the seminar, and turn it in by the second class after the seminar. To help your understanding of these seminars, you could look up some recent papers by the seminar speaker. Having some background knowledge of the topic will make the seminar more enjoyable.

Based on your attendance and paper, you can receive up to 2 points added to your final grade. The typed/word-processed paper should be printed and turned in during no more than two classes after the date of the seminar. If you have any questions about this, don't hesitate to ask.



MCDB
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, MBB 1.210
Jon Scholey, Ph.D., U.C. Davis.
Title of seminar "Intraflagellar transport motors in C. elegans neurons".
paper due in class 11/21

IB Seminar
Thursday, November 16th, 2006, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, location: MBB 1.210
Steve Palumbi, Ph.D. Stanford University
Title of seminar "Adaptation and speciation from genes to genomes: happy trails with sea urchins."
paper due in class 11/28

MCDB
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, MBB 1.210
Bruce Downie, Ph.D., University of Kentucky.
Title of seminar "Kill Pil: Ubiquitination of Pil5 by the Kelch-F-box protein Ctg10".
paper due in class 11/28

Plant Biology
Monday, November 27th, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, WEL2.304
Dr. Mark Porter, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens
Title of Seminar "Evolution of Reproductive Mechanisms in Tribe Loeselieae"
paper due in class 11/30

MGM
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, ESB 223
Siegfried Musser, PhD Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics Texas A&M University
Title of seminar "Single Molecule Studies of Nuclear Import: Nuclear Import Time and Transport Efficiency Depend on Pore Occupancy"
paper due in class 12/5

MCDB/SBS
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, ACES 2.302 (note change of venue)
Nancy Hopkins, Ph.D., M.I.T.
Title of seminar "Genes for development and disease in zebrafish".
paper due in Stuart's office (Bio 6) b y 5pm 12/12

MGM
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, ESB 223
James A. Hoch, PhD Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine The Scripps Research Institute
Title of seminar "Molecular Mechanisms of Initiation of Sporulation in Bacteria"
paper due in Stuart's office (Bio 6) b y 5pm 12/12

MGM
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, ESB 211
James A. Hoch, PhD Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine The Scripps Research Institute
Title of seminar "Evolution of molecular recognition in two-component signal transduction"
paper due in Stuart's office (Bio 6) b y 5pm 12/12

IB
Thursday, December 7th, 2006, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, location: MBB 1.210
Constantino Macias Garcia, Ph.D. UNAM, Mexico City
Title of Seminar "(Some) causes and consequences of male ornamentation in fish."
paper due in Stuart's office (Bio 6) b y 5pm 12/12

MCDB
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, MBB 1.210
June Nasrallah, Ph.D., Cornell University.
Title of seminar "Self/nonself discrimination in plant reproduction: Mechanism & Evolution".
paper due at the final exam 7pm 12/16